A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Facing Facebook, Google, and Amazon, Brands Pool Their Data (Marketing Land) The planet-sized online ecosystems run by Facebook, Google, and Amazon are so large that their centrality to advertising and retailing threatens even established smaller brands.Read the full article

bloomberg.com - 5 readers - Yahoo has a giant waterfront office, research labs of Ph.D.s, a billion users each month, and $5 billion in revenue. Oh, and also the SNL catalog. So why is it worth less than nothing?